Port Begging for: Chu Chu Rocket!
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Original Platform: Dreamcast, iOS
Port it to: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3, Vita, 3DS
Back in 1999 Sonic Team were on a roll - revealing their “Enjoy 4” game announcement - Samba De Amigo, Phantasy Star Online, Sonic Adventure International, and… Chu Chu Rocket!?
Chu Chu Rocket is a simple puzzle game involving the everlasting battle between Mice and Cats.. but in space! There are two major parts of the game - Puzzle, requiring the player to place arrows around a maze in order to get all the Mice hope, and leave the cats for dead. The other - an incredibly frantic and fun multiplayer game throwing 4 players into the mix, fighting to get the most mice while avoiding cats, all in one of the Dreamcast’s first online titles.
It was a blast to play back then and many remember it fondly - it has since come out on the iPhone, which makes sense, but I still feel that what’s missing is a digital release on consoles and PC. That version also feels rather sloppy and half finished, though it was probably completed on a shoestring budget.
Being so simple, there still seems to be so much more you can do with the game - daily level challenges to beat, online and local multiplayer that suits the interface, and the ability to create your own levels. Steam Workshop seems like a great idea for a game like this - just make the fans go crazy making their own levels.